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MARINE

Drives and motors for electrically driven

deck machinery and offshore winches
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Performance. Speed. Reliability. Safety.
Everything counts.
With the help of application expertise gained over many years, we’ve developed
drives and motors that enable precise, smooth, dependable and safe winch operation,
while reducing wear on the ropes and winch. Because everything counts.

Anchoring/mooring winches 1 Winch control included in the drive

Built-in winch control program includes
features like anchor control, hand mooring
mode, automooring mode, mechanical brake
control, and master-follower operation for
controlling multiple winches.
– no need for external controllers
2 Full control of speed and torque
without a shaft encoder
3 Automooring is possible
without a load cell sensor

4 Multiple control stands

connect directly to the drive

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Multi-motor winches with

redundant master-follower control
Multiple drives can communicate with each
other in fully redundant control mode via a
D2D link. Master and followers can be changed
on the fly to ensure seamless winch operation.
Mechanical brake control also works in
redundant mode.

Tugboat towing winches

Escort and push mode operations for safe
tugboat control. Roll compensation with
a motion reference unit (MRU) is available
as an option.

Active Heave Compensation (AHC)

AHC built into the drive for controlling remotely
operated vehicle (ROV) and launch and recovery HMI

system (LARS) winches. MRU is connected

directly to the drive via Ethernet interface.
ACS880 drive
Built-in AHC SW

MRU
Amplitude

I/O / speed reference

Vertical
wave motion

Vertical Motor encoder

motion compensation
due to hoist rope
Load encoder option
Control
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ACS880 drives
with built-in winch control software
Minimize your engineering time
Our marine-certified ACS880 drives provide reliable operation and performance where
it’s needed the most. They offer accurate speed and torque control for wide range of
motor types, and are suitable for new installs and retrofits of existing winches.

ACS880 drives are available in the 0.5 – 5,600 kW

range and voltages of 400, 440, 500 and 690 V. Braking options
Enclosure class options are IP20, IP21 and IP55. Dynamic braking/resistors

Removable memory unit Rectifier

DC link
Inverter

Stores the drive’s software and M

settings for fast and easy commis-
sioning and maintenance.

ACS880 marine winch control Regenerative braking

software ordering codes
• For deck machinery, anchoring/mooring Inverter
DC link
Inverter

and multi-motor winches: +N5100 (multi-motor M

version available as limited release).
• For offshore, tugboat and AHC winches:
+N5800 (limited release).
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Key benefits of ACS880 drives for marine and offshore winches

• Built-in anchor, hand mooring and automooring parameter sets with +N5100 software,
tugboat and AHC parameter sets with +N5800 software.
• Stand-alone operation with a single winch system, and master-follower operation for
controlling multiple winches.
• Smooth winch startup, eliminating motor startup voltage and current peaks on the
vessel’s electrical network.
• Stepless speed and torque operation reduces winch noise.
• Adaptive block programming inside the drive for creating custom features.
• Control various motor types including induction, permanent magnet and synchronous
reluctance motors.
• Fulfills marine and offshore requirements, and the design and operation comply with
regulations from all major classification societies, including ABS, BV, CCS, ClassNK,
DNV GL, KRS, Lloyd’s Register and RINA. You can download the marine type
approval certificates issued for ACS880 drives from our website:
new.abb.com/drives/segments/marine/marine-type-approvals

Compact HES880 drives

for harsh conditions
With its high vibration tolerance and IP67
rating, the liquid-cooled HES880 heavy-duty
electric drive offers a robust solution when
maximum efficiency, redundancy, weight and
size are critical. The drives include a built-in
control for mechanical brake and they accept
feedback from incremental encoders.
Main winch application software shall be
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HES880 drives are available with power range up to 600 kW and
voltages of 230 - 500 V.
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Low voltage marine motors for winches
Made to last in demanding conditions
Our range of open-deck motors are designed to withstand salt, humidity and
waves washing over the deck. They deliver reliably high performance for
your winches, day after day.

Key benefits of ABB’s low voltage brake motors for winches

• Our motors are designed to comply with stringent safety criteria while providing the highest
reliability. At the same time, special attention is paid to marine classification requirements.
• ABB Marine Process Performance brake motors consist of three flexible designs for customized
configurations: 1) totally enclosed non-ventilated TENV (IEC 410); 2) totally enclosed fan cooled
TEFC (IEC 411); 3) enclosed forced ventilated TEFV (IEC 416).
• IP56 open deck protection (highest protection class for motors, standard IP56 is not adequate).
• Built-in marine IP67 brake options from all major brake manufacturers.
• Selection of encoders designed for harsh marine and offshore conditions.
• Wide range of painting systems, including the NORSOK-approved system.
• Availability of watertight enclosure IP67 open deck-type terminal box.
• Robust, low-temperature-resistant designs can be supplied for vessels that operate in
Arctic or Antarctic waters. Ex-protected versions are also available.
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Typical electrically driven winch motor performance

Motor torque

Typical speed ranges

• Automooring: up to 50%
150% overload
• Anchoring: up to nominal speed
• Hand mooring: up to 200-300%

Typical torque ranges

Nominal • Mooring: up to nominal torque
• Anchoring: up to 150% overload for 2 min
at start

Nominal 200% 300% Motor speed

Available motor technologies for winches – induction, permanent magnet and SynRM motors
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For more information, please contact
your local ABB representative or visit

new.abb.com/drives/segments/winches
new.abb.com/motors-generators/segments/marine
3AUA0000157570 REV B EN 28.08.2018

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Specifications subject to change without notice.